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Konken
Konken is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Kusel district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Kusel-Altenglan, whose seat is in Kusel. Geography Location The municipality lies in the highlands in the Western Palatinate. With 833 inhabitants, Konken is, after Kusel and Pfeffelbach, the third biggest municipality in the ''Verbandsgemeinde''. The long village of Konken lies roughly 330 m above sea level in a broad, flat-bottomed, seashell-shaped dale that opens towards the east and through which flows the Konker Bach in that same direction. The district seat of Kusel lies to the northeast. In the south and east the dale abuts a vista of four separate hills, known as the Hettersberg, the Rundwieshübel (404 m), the Harzberg or Harzhöhe (412 m) and the Konker Wart or Konker Warte (414 m). To the north, the other side of the dale is formed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herschweiler-Pettersheim
Herschweiler-Pettersheim is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Kusel district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Oberes Glantal. Geography Location Herschweiler-Pettersheim lies in the Western Palatinate in the upper Ohmbach valley, which forks to the northwest into the Langenbach valley and to the northeast into the Klingelbach hollow. At the fork, the Harzhöhe climbs from 275 m above sea level to a 372 m-high sloping terrace and onwards to an elevation of 412 m above sea level at the top. Because it is so windswept, four wind turbines were installed on the mountaintop in late 2001. The village's own elevation is 274 m above sea level. As part of the North Palatine Uplands, the local natural environment is characterized by an extraordinarily intricately compartmentalized relief. It is marked by the constant alternation between jagged ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Langenbach, Kusel
Langenbach in the Palatinate is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Kusel district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Oberes Glantal. Geography Location The long linear village (or, by some definitions of the word, thorpe) lies in the upper Ohmbach valley, in the Ohmbach's headwaters, in the Western Palatinate, near the boundary with the Saarland. The Ohmbach itself rises north of the village inside Selchenbach’s limits at an elevation of above sea level. It was formerly also called the Langenbach. Even in its upper reaches, the brook flows through several big fishing ponds. Particularly on the left bank, the slope climbs up steeply from the village, likewise to a height of roughly above sea level. Not quite as steep is the land on the right bank, spreading out from which, southwards, is the greater part of the municipal area. Here the land reaches th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albessen
Albessen is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Kusel district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Kusel-Altenglan, whose seat is in Kusel. Geography Location Albessen lies near Kusel in the Westrich – an historic region that encompasses areas in both Germany and France – on the state boundary with the Saarland, at the foot of the lengthy mixed forest area known as the ''Albesser Hain'', after the municipality (''Hain'' means “grove” in German). The municipality has a mainly agricultural structure, and is the smallest municipality within the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Kusel. Albessen lies some 370 m above sea level in the broad, fertile hollow of the Albessbach, which rises in the municipality's west, flowing down eastwards to the Konker Bach. The elevations each side of the hollow reach up beyond 400 m in some places. The highest, in the ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Selchenbach
Selchenbach is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Kusel district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Kusel-Altenglan, whose seat is in Kusel. Geography Location Selchenbach is a linear village – by some definitions a thorpe – that lies at the Oster valley in the Western Palatinate, right on the boundary with the Saarland. Selchenbach lies at an elevation of 380 to 390 m above sea level on the upper reaches of the Selchenbach. The Selchenbach itself rises south of the municipal area near the Königreicher Hof, flows through the village of Selchenbach and then the village of Herchweiler to the north and then turns in a broad bow back south, emptying near Haupersweiler into the Oster. This puts Selchenbach within the Saar-Blies drainage basin, with the mountains east of the village marking the watershed between this and the Glan- Nahe drainage bas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pfeffelbach
Pfeffelbach is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Kusel district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Kusel-Altenglan, whose seat is in Kusel. Geography Location Pfeffelbach lies in the heart of the Westrich, an historic region that encompasses areas in both Germany and France, at the edge of the ''Preußische Berge'' ("Prussian Mountains") in the Western Palatinate. Among these mountains, one within Pfeffelbach's limits, the Herzerberg, is the district's highest peak at 585 m above sea level. On this mountain are both a lookout platform, from which visitors can see as far as Kaiserslautern on a clear day, and a launch point for hang gliders. The municipality lies in the broad valley of the Pfeffelbach, which rises only a few kilometres to the west. The brook flows northeastwards to the steep slopes of Castle Lichtenberg. The village spreads out mainl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ehweiler
Ehweiler is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Kusel district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Kusel-Altenglan, whose seat is in Kusel. Geography Location The municipality lies 5 km southwest of Kusel some 330 m above sea level in a hollow of the Korbach, which rises in the municipality's west from several springs, and empties in the municipality's southeast into the Albessbach. In the municipal area's north, another stream flows parallel to the Korbach in the Ehweiler Grund, which also forms the municipal limit. The heights around the village climb up to almost 400 m above sea level (Ehweiler Höhe 390 m), and beyond the municipal limit reach higher than 400 m (Anieshügel 429 m). In the southwest and south, Autobahn A 62 (Kaiserslautern–Trier) touches the municipal limit. The municipal area measures 360 ha, o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wahnwegen
Wahnwegen is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Kusel district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Oberes Glantal. Geography Location The municipality lies at the foot of the 437 m-high Hühnerkopf in the Saubeertal (valley) in the Western Palatinate. Wahnwegen's elevation is roughly 310 m above sea level and the village lies in the Bledesbach's headwaters, northeast of the Hühnerkopf (“Chickenhead” – a mountain) with its stone quarries, although these lie within Herschweiler-Pettersheim's limits. A relatively narrow strip of land roughly 3 km long and barely 1 km wide forms Wahnwegen's municipal area, broadening out somewhat towards the north. The local area is rich in forests, especially to the south, where the Hodenbach rises, flowing southwestwards to the Henschbach. The dale through which the Hodenbach flows is well known as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schellweiler
Schellweiler is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Kusel district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Kusel-Altenglan, whose seat is in Kusel. Geography Location The municipality lies in the Bledesbach valley, which stretches from Schellweiler to Wahnwegen along the highway between Kusel and Glan-Münchweiler. The valley is also known locally as the ''Saubeeretal''. Forty-seven hectares of the municipal area's 431 ha is wooded. Schellweiler is a clump village. The bottom of the valley lies roughly 280 m above sea level, and the land rises upwards on three sides. Only to the north does it remain even. The most heavily built-up area is on the eastern slope on the brook's right bank, more than 300 m above sea level, at about the same elevation as the Autobahn A 62 (Kaiserslautern–Trier), which passes by. The built-up area reaches an ele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kusel (district)
Kusel () is a district (''Kreis'') in the south of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from north-west clockwise) Birkenfeld, Bad Kreuznach, Donnersbergkreis, Kaiserslautern, Saarpfalz and Sankt Wendel (the last two belonging to the state of Saarland). History The district of Kusel was created at the beginning of the 19th century. In 1939 it was renamed as ''Landkreis Kusel''. The boundary was altered slightly as part of the communal reform of 1969/72 with some parts of the district of Birkenfeld being added to Kusel. Geography The district of Kusel lies in the North Palatine Uplands (''Nordpfälzer Bergland''), to the north of the industrial areas of the Saarland. The largest rivers are the Lauter (also called the Waldlauter, to distinguish it from other rivers in German-speaking Europe named Lauter) and the Glan. Coat of arms The German blazon reads: ''Gespalten: Vorne in Schwarz ein linksgewendeter, rot bewehrter goldener Löwe, hinten in Silber ein ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kusel-Altenglan
Kusel-Altenglan is a ''Verbandsgemeinde'' ("collective municipality") in the district of Bad Dürkheim, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The seat of the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' is in Kusel. It was formed on 1 January 2018 by the merger of the former ''Verbandsgemeinden'' Kusel and Altenglan. The ''Verbandsgemeinde'' Kusel-Altenglan consists of the following ''Ortsgemeinden'' ("local municipalities"): # Albessen # Altenglan # Bedesbach # Blaubach # Bosenbach # Dennweiler-Frohnbach # Ehweiler # Elzweiler # Erdesbach # Etschberg # Föckelberg # Haschbach am Remigiusberg # Herchweiler # Horschbach # Körborn # Konken # Kusel # Neunkirchen am Potzberg # Niederalben # Niederstaufenbach # Oberalben # Oberstaufenbach # Pfeffelbach # Rammelsbach # Rathsweiler # Reichweiler # Ruthweiler # Rutsweiler am Glan # Schellweiler # Selchenbach # Thallichtenberg # Theisbergstegen Theisbergstegen is an '' Ortsgemeinde'' – a municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kusel
Kusel (; written ''Cusel'' until 1865) is a town in the Kusel (district), Kusel Districts of Germany, district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is the seat of the Kusel-Altenglan ''Verbandsgemeinde'' and is also the district seat. The well-known operatic tenor Fritz Wunderlich was born in Kusel. Geography Location Kusel lies on the Kuselbach in Rhineland-Palatinate's southwest, in the North Palatine Uplands roughly 30 km northwest of Kaiserslautern. The Kuselbach rises in the outlying centre of Diedelkopf where the Bledesbach and the Pfeffelbach (or Aalbach) meet. The dale is hemmed in by a row of mountains, on the left bank the Ödesberg (375 m), and on the right the Gaisberg (355 m), the Roßberg (314 m) and the Herrchenberg (385 m). The floor of the dale lies roughly 220 m above sea level. Prominent landmarks just beyond the town's limits are Lichtenberg Castle (Palatinate), Lichtenberg Castle to the west and the Remigiusberg (368 m) and t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hüffler
Hüffler is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Kusel district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Oberes Glantal. Geography Location Hüffler is a linear village – by some definitions, a “thorpe” – that lies in the Bledesbach valley (Standard High German name: ''Bledesbachtal''; locally customary name: ''Saubeeredaal'' or ''Saubeeretal'') along ''Landesstraße'' (State Road) 360 and one other, parallel road. One road links Kusel with Glan-Münchweiler. Running almost parallel to the village is the Autobahn A 62 ( Kaiserslautern–Trier). The elevation on the valley floor is 310 m above sea level. This rises to either side of the village. The highest hill is the ''Dillmeßrech'' or ''Dilmersrech'' at 390 m above sea level. At its highest point, the Autobahn A 62 ( Kaiserslautern–Trier) cuts through the hill. To the village’s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
